Date:  19 August 1955
Cert:  #  23131
Place of Death: County: Knott      City or Town: Sassafras, Rural
Length of stay (in this place): (blank)
Street address or location:  home
Usual Residence of Deceased: State: Ky.      County:  Perry
City or Town: Bulan - Rural     Street Address: (blank)
Full Name:  Susan MESSER
Date of Death:  19 August 1955
Sex, Color or Race, Marital Status: Female, White, Married
Date of Birth:  24 December 1880
Age:  74 years
Usual Occupation:  Housewife
Kind of Industry or business: (blank)
Birthplace:  Knott Co., Ky.
Father's Name:  Alex FUGATE 
Mother's Maiden Name:  Julia CAMPBELL
Was deceased ever in armed forces: No
Social Security No.: (blank)
Informant:  Irvin MESSER
Disease/condition directly leading to death:  Cancer of sigmoid C
Interval between onset and death:  01 year
Due to:  (blank)
Other significant conditions: (blank)
Date of Operation: (blank)
Major findings of operation: (blank)
Autopsy: No
Accident, suicide, or homicide: (blank)
Place of injury: (blank)
City or Town, County, State: (blank)
Time of Injury: (blank)
Injury occurred at work: (blank)
How did injury occur: (blank)
I hereby certify that I attended deceased from May 1955  to August 1955, that I last saw the deceased alive on 12 August 1955, and that death occurred at 3 a.m., from the causes and on the date stated above.
Date signed:  23 September 1955
Address:  Hazard, Ky.
Signature:  (illegible) M.D.
Burial, Cremation or Removal: Buried
Date:  21 August 1955
Name of Cemetery or Crematory:  Holiday Cemetery
Location:  Ary, Ky.
Date received by local registrar: (illegible)
Registrar's Signature: Myrtle Slone
Funeral director & address:  Engle Funeral Home, Hazard, Ky., (illegible) Compton
Transcribed by Debbie Tamborski, 10 June 2011